Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GABS, v. With intae: to eat ravenously; with doon: to wolf down. [gɑbs]Ork. 1950:
“He was a gabsan intae his porridge.” “He gabsed it doon like a dog.”
